TY - BOOK AU - N.Grace Aaron PY - 2021 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag TI - Thought and Poetic Structure in San Juan de la Cruz’s Symbol of Night UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1100283 N2 - Thought and Poetic Structure in San Juan de la Cruz’s Symbol of Night is a comprehensive appraisal of the traditional critical perspectives of mysticism: philosophical, theological, literary, and psychological. Examining the a priori limitations of these approaches, the book presents an original definition of the symbol as an integral whole of experience and expression, and concludes that night is the form – the organizing principle – of spiritual life. KW - Saint, Juan (de la Cruz), Noche escura del alma, Mysticism, John of the Cross LA - English ER -